Fully vision-based automatic human body measurement system for apparel application

• The automatic body measurement system which is based on the fully vision technology is described.
• A portable system package is used to measure body dimensions.
• The system requires no naked body for the privacy and convenience in a noncontact manner.
• In cluttered indoor environment, the system could quickly and robustly measure the circumference via processing images.

A number of intelligent vision systems have been applied to the apparel industry. Among them, few existing systems have been utilized directly for the production of custom tailoring. Therefore, we propose a portable tailor assistant system that can measure the dimensions of the customer’s body automatically. The proposed system, which uses a vision-based method and system package, provides comfort and privacy for customers and cost savings and convenience for tailors. It works in four steps: frontal color image processing based on background subtraction and marker recognition, frontal IR image processing for robust marker detection, foot IR image processing for manufacturing customized insoles, and final measurement based on characteristics of the human body. Through experiments, the system is proven to measure the dimensions of human body parts quickly and robustly in cluttered indoor environments. Therefore, the vision-based automatic human body measurement system will be a breakthrough in the clothing industry.